Religious Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Religious education historical
and contemporary perspectives

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Impact of catholic church document on religious education.......................................................3
Relation of school, family and parish in religious education......................................................5
Catechesis to the theory and practice of religious education.......................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals......................................................................................................................9
Online..........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Religious education is the learning about a particular religion which helps in the personal
development of an individual and helps in understanding the spiritual and moral cultural
questions. With the help of religious study the promotion of cohesion and tackling of extremism
is done. This project will help in understanding the impacts of the documents of catholic church
on religious eduction. With the help of this project the given religious instructions to the theories
and practices towards the religious education is understood. This project also explains the
relationship between the school, family and also the parish in the religious education is
understood. This project helps in understanding the key principles and their purpose of religious
education for assisting students to learn deeply about the understanding and appreciation of its
contribution. With the help of this project the overall spiritual and religious development of the
student is highlighted.
MAIN BODY
Impact of catholic church document on religious education
Catholic church document are the religious constitutions which are issued by the popes of
the church. These documents are the teaching in the form of letters which provide the
instructions to the subordinates of the religion. These documents are the very much responsible
for the rules and regulations in the church. It can be said that the church is significantly affected
by what been written in these documents. Some documents of the catholic church are, Acta
Apostolicae Sedis, Actes et documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale,
Annuario Pontificio, Aperuit illis, Aslak Bolt's cadastre, Autograph letter (Holy See) (Sabrina
and Zaver, 2019). These documents are responsible for affecting the religious education of the
students. The impacts of these documents on the religious education are,
Transferring Christian concept of eduction :
This impact of the catholic church suggests that when religious education is implemented
in an academic organization the total concept of the eduction changes. The institution then
shapes itself as the Christian teachings and values. The church gets the rights of implicating the
vital changes to the eduction. Church documents are the source of these ideas which allows it to